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Morning Meditation: Enemy Love - Illustration on Sermon | IllustrateTheWord

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Morning Meditation: Enemy Love

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Dear God of Love and Justice, This morning I hold before You the hardest command You ever gave — to love my enemies. Not tolerate...

This is devotionals, drawing on Psalm 24:1. It carries an emotional tone of hope, compassion and love.

Dear God of Love and Justice, This morning I hold before You the hardest command You ever gave — to love my enemies. Not tolerate them. Not avoid them. Love them. And I confess, Lord, that some faces come to mind immediately: the colleague who took credit for my work, the family member whose words still sting months later, the neighbor whose hostility I can feel through the walls.…

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Evening Prayer: Creation Care

Creator of all, thank You for this world You've entrusted to us— the air we breathe, the water we drink, the soil that feeds us. Forgive us for treating it carelessly, for taking more than we need, for leaving a diminished inheritance.

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